The novel begins in an authoritarian future where any deviance or dissent from the official line is punished, where it was dangerous to be too intelligent or the wrong skin color. The novel focuses on a girl who says what she thinks and is exiled to eighty years in the past.

The novel begins in an authoritarian future where any deviance or dissent from the official line is punished, where it was dangerous to be too intelligent or the wrong skin color. The novel focuses on a girl who says what she thinks and is exiled to eighty years in the past. Female author.